Constraints on terrestrial gamma ray flash production from satellite observation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Carlson, B E ^a   Lehtinen, Nikolai G ^a   Inan, Umran S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

GAMMA-RAY PROPAGATION; SATELLITE DATA; TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RAY FLASH (TGF);

GAMMA RAYS;

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 34250711775     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029229     Document Type: Article

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